Question... My current executive membership expires in November. Individual after that. I have amex credits expiring in December that I want to offset the upgrade as others have done. I was in the B ATL lounge today and was told I can't upgrade until the new membership is active. The problem is I might not travel the last 6 weeks of the year and would lose my credits. I thought if I upgraded it would just get added on. Thoughts? Try again in a different lounge?